Summary
Coal-heated cast iron flat iron used in a mental health hospital in Victoria, Australia, circa 1850.
Physical Description
Black, cast-iron iron has a shield-shape base, straight sides 6cm high and a flat top. It has a tubular wooden handle with brackets that curve inward in a semi-circle at the bottom. The back wall of the iron slides upward, operated by a thin shaft, threaded through a loop at the back of the handle then bent over, with a small round handle on the end. The hollow centre of the iron was filled with hot coals.
More Information
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Collection Names
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Collecting Areas
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Acquisition Information
Donation from Office of Psychiatric Services, May 1985
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Place & Date Used
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Classification
Medicine & health, Mental health - institutional life, Laundering
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Category
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Discipline
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Type of item
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overall dimensions
12 cm (Length), 9 cm (Width), 16 cm (Height)
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Exhibition Collection Management
130 mm (Length), 92 mm (Width), 152 mm (Height)
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Dimensions
16 cm (Length), 9.5 cm (Width), 13 cm (Height)
Measurement From Conservation.
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References
card with exhibit.
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Keywords
Irons, Laundering, Psychiatric Hospitals, Making History - Psych Services
